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Africa -- History (links arranged by topic) (Karen Fung, Stanford U.) |
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Africa (links and bibliography, both to primary and secondary sources, with an emphasis on contemporary politics) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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African History (various links, in this About.com site) (Alistair Boddy-Evans) |
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African Studies Center: U. of Pennsylvania (program information, multimedia archives, and more) (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. of Pennsylvania) |
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African History Homepage (articles, timelines, and maps, arranged by period and by subject) (Jim Jones, West Chester U.) |
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African Studies Quarterly: The Online Journal for African Studies (U. Florida) |
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Africa: South of the Sahara Discussion Lists (Stanford U. Libraries and Academic Information Resources) |
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Africultures, Cultures Africaines (French website on African culture) |
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allAfrica.com: BBC Audio (includes audio files on the "Story of Africa") (BBC) |
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Colonial Africa General Resources |
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African History on the Internet: Colonial Period (annotated links) (Karen Fung, Stanford U.) |
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The French in West Africa (overview essay and bibliography) (Ali B. Ali-Dinar, U. Pennsylvania) |
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The History of Postcolonial Africa (within a larger literary site; articles arranged by topic and by country) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Queen Victoria's Empire: The Scramble for Africa (virtual exhibit within the companion site to PBS's Empires series) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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The Scramble for Africa (articles on European colonization, especially after 1881, with articles on wars, key individuals, and more) (Brett Silva) |
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Fourth World Documentation Project: African Documents (recent African history) (Center for World Indigenous Studies) |
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H-Africa Discussion Network (H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine) |
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The Historical Text Archive: Africa Page (Don Mabry, Mississippi St. U) |
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John Hunwick (Northwestern U.) "Africa and Islamic Revival: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives" (1996) (essay) |
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Internet African History Sourcebook (links to primary documents, arranged by subject and by region) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Maps of Africa and Ghana (maps of empire) (U. California, Berkeley) |
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World History Archives: The History of Africa as a Whole ("documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective") (Haines Brown, Central Connecticut State U.) |
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Colonial Africa |
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The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa) |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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The Earl of Cromer Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908) (e-text, within Fordham U.'s Internet Modern History Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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British Imperialism in Nigeria: Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta (documents) (Urhobo Historical SOciety) |
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Queen Victoria's Empire: The Scramble for Africa (virtual exhibit within the companion site to PBS's Empires series) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture (virtual exhibit, covering colonization, abolition, migration, and WPA) (LOC, Washington, DC) |
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AfricaOnline.com |
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Angola-- A Country Study (historical information, arranged by topic) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Angola (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas Collelo, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Buganda Home Page ("history, language and culture of the people of Buganda") (Mukasa E. Ssemakula, Wayne State U.) |
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A Country Study: Chad (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas Collelo, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Egypt |
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Ancient Egypt (links, with intro) (U. of Pennsylvania) |
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Accounts of The Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 (English translations, within the Internet Medieval Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
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Duke Papyrus Archive |
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Eternal Egypt ("represents a unique partnership to use innovative IBM technologies and services to create an interactive, multimedia experience of Egyptian cultural artifacts, places and history for a global audience. . [includes] high-resolution images, three-dimensional reconstructions of Egyptian monuments and antiquities, as well as virtually-reconstructed environments, panoramic images, and panoramic views of present-day Egypt captured by robotic cameras located from the top of Karnak Temple to the streets of Old Cairo") (Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage and IBM) |
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Egypt (U. Evansville) |
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Hatshepshut (tutorial article, within the HSC Online web site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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Jacques Kinnaer The Ancient Egypt Site (links, bibliography, articles, and images) |
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria (text and images; within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida) |
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Modern Egypt |
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The Earl of Cromer Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908) (e-text, within Fordham U.'s Internet Modern History Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmosis IV: The Period of Thutmosis IV (tutorial article, within the HSC Online sites) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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New Kingdom Egypt to the death of Thutmosis IV: The First Three Pharaohs (tutorial article, within the HSC Online sites) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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The Great Pryamid of Giza (text and images, within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wrold site) (Alaa K. Ashmawy, U. South Florida) |
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The Theban Mapping Project (bibliographies, articles, glossaries, and more) (TMP, American U. in Cairo) |
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Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: From Pre-History to Late Antiquity (virtual exhibit) (Terry G. Wilfon, Kelsey Museum, U. of Michigan) |
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A Country Study: Ethiopia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Thomas P. Ofcansky and LaVerle Berry, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Richard Pankhurst A Collection of Essays (essays on Ethiopian history) |
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Ghana |
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Pekka Masonen (U. of Tampere) and Humphrey J. Fisher (S. of Oriental and African Studies) Not Quite Venus From the Waves: The Almoravid Conquest of Africa in the Modern Historiography of Western Africa (about 1076 conquest of Ghana) |
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Postcolonial Web: Ghana (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Ghana (overview, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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A Country Study: Ghana (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (La Verle Berry, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, written by himself. (1774) (full etext) (U. Virginia) |
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A Country Study: the Ivory Coast (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert E. Handloff, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Kenyan History (articles arranged by topic) (Kenyaweb.com) |
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Liberia |
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African-American Mosaic: Colonization (virtual exhibit on US colonization movement, focused on the American Colonization Society) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870 (virtual exhibit of maps from the American Colonization Society) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Roll of Emigrants to Liberia, 1820-43, and Liberian Census Data, 1843 (data archive) (Tom W. Schik, DPLS, U. Wisconsin-Madison) |
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A Country Study: Libya (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Madagascar (and Proximate Islands) |
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(historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Madagascar (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Mauritius (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Seychelles (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from pre-colonial to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Mali Empire and Djenne Figures (historical intro, plus images) (Smithsonian I., Washington, DC) |
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Civilizations in Africa: Mali (overview, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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A Country Study: Mauritania (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from medieval to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert E. Handloff, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia |
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A Country Study: Algeria (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapan Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Algeria (links and bibliography, both on the independence movement and on current politics) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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Postcolonial Web: Morocco (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to poctcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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The Namibia Library of Dr. Klaus Dierks (includes historical information, photos, and more) (Klaus Dierks) |
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Nigeria |
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Abubakar A. Atofarati The Nigerian Civil War, Causes, Strategies, And Lessons Learnt (1992 essay) |
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A Country Study: Nigeria (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from medieval to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapan Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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History of Nigeria (articles arranged by topic) (Country Reports.org) |
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National Archives of Nigeria, Enugu Branch (Axel Harneit-Sievers) |
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Nigeria: A Country Study (includes historical articles) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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British Imperialism in Nigeria: Colonial Rule in Western Niger Delta (documents) (Urhobo Historical SOciety) |
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Postcolonial Web: Nigeria (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature) (National U. of Singapore) |
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Rhodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence Documents, 1965 (Modern History Sourcebook page) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Somalia (links and bibliography) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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A Country Study: Somalia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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South Africa |
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Historical Documents (ANC archives, Apartheid-related documents, and more) (African National Congress) |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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The History of Apartheid in South Africa (digital essay, with images) (Stanford U.) |
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The Boer War |
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The Anglo Boer War Museum (includes chronology, photos, and more) (Bloemfontein, South Africa) |
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John Rawlings (Stanford U.) Concentration Camps during the South African / Boer War, 1899-1902 (essay, with bibliogrpahy) |
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Denneys Reitz Commando; a Boer journal of the Boer War (full text of this c.1929 journal) |
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The Western Cape Oral History Project (invludes sound files, historical information, and more) (Sean Field, U. of Cape Town, South Africa) |
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District Six Museum ("District Six is the most famous example of this forced relocation policy under the Apartheid government"; "place of remembrance to all who lost so much during those years of state oppression") |
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Social History of South Africa (links to museum web pages) (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) |
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Postcolonial Web: The Republic of South Africa (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to postcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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Robben Island Museum (background on South African exile island) |
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Safundi: The Journal of South African & American Comparative Studies (requires membership to access databases) |
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A Country Study: South Africa (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Rita M. Byrnes, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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South Africa - Robben Island - Prison - Museum (info on Robben Island and apartheid) (Terri Levin) |
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Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan (electronic exhibits on the history of the African states of Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland) (J. Rotondo-McCrod, Xavier U. of Louisiana) |
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A Country Study: Sudan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Libraries of Timbuktu: for the Preservation and Promotion of African Literary Heritage (images, articles, and program description) (Alida Jay Boye, U. of Oslo) |
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Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Uganda (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from early to modern times, arranged by topic) (Rita M. Byrnes, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Zaire (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Sandra W. Meditz and Tim Merrill, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Postcolonial Web: Zimbabwe (includes sections on history, geography, politics, and bibliography; within a site devoted to poctcolonial literature)(National U. of Singapore) |
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Zulu |
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The Anglo-Zulu War (articles and images on the conflict, as well as on Zulu culture) (Ian Knight) |
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David W. Koeller (North Park U., Chicago, IL) Shaka Zulu: 1785-1828 (biography) |
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Zululand: History of the Zulu People (Tourism KwaZulu-Natal) |
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